Community Media Center of Marin

Community Media Center of Marin

Community Media Center of Marin

There are only a thousand or so Cape parrots left. The species is in danger of extinction. The Cape Parrot Project wants to ensure its future. Biologist Steve Boyes runs the project. He and his team nurse sick parrots back to health and are planting up to a million yellowwood trees to restore the birds' decimated natural habitat. The fruit of the yellowwood is also the perfect food for the birds and even contains agents that protect it from the highly contagious Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease.